Well, we blew up the driver's side inboard CV joint on the rear axle. Not entirely clear what happened, but our guess is we shortened that axle just a tad too much, so upon full droop of that rear corner of the car, we overstressed the joint. We think. We put one of the original longer axles back into the car and will see what happens when pushed hard again. Fingers crossed.
In the meantime, a full punchlist of remaining work was created and a couple of simpler elements were knocked out. Niether of these were parrticuarly pressing, but are on the list and any progress is good progress.
First up was a sheet metal duct plate that directs exit air from the back of the radiator down and out of the car; i.e., to keep the hot radiator air from migrating up and warming the intercooler.
And second, some simple covers for the rear upper shock/spring mounts were made from aluminum sheet metal:
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